![]() ![]() ![]() Because of conversations with other booksellers at that conference I decided I would be on the NAIBA board and one day its president. A lot has changed since then in the industry including and especially the fact that I am no longer sure of walking into a room of 200+ people and being only 1 of maybe 2-4 people of color present, thankfully. "I attended my first NAIBA conference in 2012. ![]() ![]() In an announcement to members of the changes, Depp said in part, "I'm saddened to not work with Rebecca Fitting as board president, but I am honored to be part of her intentional transition to what is next for her and her family and excited to become your board president as the culmination of a long held goal on my part. Amanda Zirn Hudson, Bethany Beach Books, Bethany Beach, Del., continues as secretary, and Bill Reilly, the river's end bookstore, Oswego, N.Y., continues as past president. In other board changes, Erin Matthews, The Last Word Bookstore, Glenwood, Md., who has been treasurer, is becoming vice-president board member Michael Triebwasser, Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C., is becoming treasurer. The new president of NAIBA is Hannah Oliver Depp, formerly NAIBA's vice-president and owner of Loyalty Bookstores, Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Md. Following the sale of her interest in Greenlight Bookstores, Brooklyn, N.Y., to co-founder Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo, Rebecca Fitting has resigned as president of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and from the board. ![]()
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